Organize your Photoshop Goodies with Preset Viewer!

dani — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:19:36 +0000

If you are anything like me you have hundreds (if not thousands!) of Photoshop shapes, brushes, color swatches, etc. floating around your hard drives with no way to easily organize them. The preset manager within Photoshop is alright for isolating select brushes and shapes out of a large collection but not so much for actually viewing, organizing and sorting an ever growing number of files.

After searching on this topic a few days ago I came across a gem of an app that solves the problem of organizing these collected Photoshop goodies. Enter Preset Viewer 2.1 by Tumasoft.

With a super easy installation, Preset Viewer automatically scans selected drives and finds typical photoshop files such as .abr, .acb, .aco, .act, .ase, .asl, .csh, .pat, .psd, as well as image files including .bmp, .dib, .jp1, .jp2, .jpg, .png formats and sorts them by type all within the viewer to allow easy browsing and tagging of your Photoshop goodies no matter where they are located on your hard drive. Preset Viewer then allows you to view each collection as thumbnails or in a filmstrip so you never have to lose track of a certain brush or shape again!

To me the absolute best feature of this app (well besides the fact it only costs $37 ) is once you are able to browse and tag your entire brush collection all in one place, you can then sort them into your own chosen sets and export them as new brush files either .abr or .png formats eliminating the need for loading several different collections just to use a one or two brushes from each one. You can even create and export new .aco color swatch files for sharing on kuler.com or between your other adobe applications.

As with anything there are of course a few things that I believe could be improved… such as adding the ability to delete files from within the viewer (though you can jump straight to the folder the file is located in so that does help) and I definitely would like to see the ability to export new shape collections as well, but overall this app is an excellent way to finally be able to view and sort through these file types without having to use Photoshop.

You can purchase Preset Viewer 2.1 at tumasoft.com for $37.00 USD

Screenshots of Preset Viewer 2.1

Winter Themed Photoshop & Illustrator Tutorials

dani — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:03:23 +0000

Taking my cue from the local retailers and rolling out the season’s cheer with this collection of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator tutorials themed “winter”.

Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

Christmas Tree

This tutorial shows you how to make a beautiful Christmas tree with Adobe Illustrator.
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Christmas Hat

This tutorial shows you how draw a furry Christmas hat with Adobe Illustrator.
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Christmas Wreath

This tutorial shows you how draw a Christmas Wreath with Adobe Illustrator.
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Christmas Lights

This video tutorial shows you how draw Christmas Lights with Adobe Illustrator.
View Tutorial –> Christmas Lights Video Tutorial

Christmas Place Cards

This video tutorial shows you how to make Christmas Place Cards with Adobe Illustrator.
View Tutorial –> Christmas Place Cards Tutorial

Cartoon Candy Cane

This video tutorial shows you how to make a Cartoon Candy Cane with Adobe Illustrator.
View Tutorial –> Cartoon Candy Cane Tutorial

Adobe Photoshop Tutorials

Seasonal Leafy Text

This tutorial shows you how to create seasonal leafy text in Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Seasonal Leafy Text Tutorial

Snowflake Wallpaper

This tutorial shows you how to create a snowflake wallpaper with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Snowflake Wallpaper Tutorial

Peppermint Candy

This tutorial shows you how to create Peppermint Candy with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Peppermint Candy Tutorial

Candy Cane

This tutorial shows you how to create a candy cane with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Candy Cane Tutorial

Snowman Christmas Card

This tutorial shows you how to create a Snowman Christmas Card with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Snowman Christmas Card Tutorial

3d Snowman

This tutorial shows you how to create a 3d Snowman with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> 3d Snowman Tutorial

Christmas Holly

This tutorial shows you how to create Christmas Holly with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Christmas Holly Tutorial

Fresh Christmas Tree

This tutorial shows you how to create Fresh Christmas Tree with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Fresh Christmas Tree Tutorial

Glass Ornament

This tutorial shows you how to create a Glass Ornament with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Glass Ornament Tutorial

Merry Christmas Greeting Card

This tutorial shows you how to create a Merry Christmas Greeting Card with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Merry Christmas Greeting Card Tutorial

3d Snow Globe

This tutorial shows you how to create a 3d Snow Globe with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> 3d Snow Globe Tutorial

Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree

This tutorial shows you how to create a Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree Tutorial

Stylized Christmas Tree Design

This tutorial shows you how to create a Stylized Christmas Tree Design with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Stylized Christmas Tree Design Tutorial

Detailed Christmas Tree

This tutorial shows you how to create a Detailed Christmas Tree with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Detailed Christmas Tree Tutorial

Snow on Text

This tutorial shows you how to create Snow on Text with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Snow on Text Tutorial

Winter Scene Wallpaper

This tutorial shows you how to create a Winter Scene Wallpaper with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Winter Scene Wallpaper Tutorial

Christmas Ornaments Wallpaper

This tutorial shows you how to create a Christmas Ornaments Background with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Christmas Ornaments Wallpaper Tutorial

Christmas Tree Ornament Using Your Own Image

This tutorial shows you how to create a Christmas Tree Ornament Using Your Own Image with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Christmas Tree Ornament Tutorial

Drawing Christmas Trees

This tutorial shows you how to Draw Christmas Trees with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Drawing Christmas Trees Tutorial

Christmas Blue Candle

This tutorial shows you how to create a Christmas Blue Candle with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Christmas Blue Candle Tutorial

Christmas-Themed Web Layout

This tutorial shows you how to design a Christmas-Themed Web Layout with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Christmas-Themed Web Layout Tutorial

Abstract Christmas Wallpaper

This tutorial shows you how to create an Abstract Christmas Wallpaper with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Abstract Christmas Wallpaper Tutorial

Shiny Christmas Stocking

This tutorial shows you how to create a Shiny Christmas Stocking with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Shiny Christmas Stocking Tutorial

Colorful Christmas Tree Wallpaper

This tutorial shows you how to create a Colorful Christmas Tree Wallpaper with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Colorful Christmas Tree Wallpaper Tutorial

We wish you a Merry Christmas Illustration

This tutorial shows you how to create a We wish you a Merry Christmas Illustration with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> We wish you a Merry Christmas Illustration Tutorial

Christmas Postcard

This tutorial shows you how to create a Christmas Postcard with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Christmas Postcard Tutorial

Christmas Bell

This tutorial shows you how to create a Christmas Bell with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Christmas Bell Tutorial

Snowing Gifts Background

This tutorial shows you how to create a Snowing Gifts Background with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Snowing Gifts Background Tutorial

Candle Decorating

This tutorial shows you how to design Decorated Candles with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Candle Decorating Tutorial

Pretty Girl in Christmas Suit

This tutorial shows you how to create a Pretty Girl in a Christmas Suit with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Pretty Girl in Christmas Suit Tutorial

Santa Bringing Gifts

This tutorial shows you how to create Santa Bringing Gifts with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Santa Bringing Gifts Tutorial

Icy Text

This tutorial shows you how to create Icy Text with Adobe Photoshop.
View Tutorial –> Icy Text Tutorial

More Winter Design Resources

100+ Christmas Themed Tutorials on One Page
100 Free Christmas Design Resources – Over 100 Free Christmas Design Resources – A Design Bliss Mega-List
Snow & Snowflakes PS Brushes – A set of Photoshop brushes made up of various snow and snowflakes.
Christmas Photoshop Brushes – Huge list of Christmas Photoshop Brushes
Snowflakes Brushes – This set of brushes contains 20 big snowflakes.
Grunge Snowflake Brushes – Set of grungy snowflake brushes.
Make a Flake – Make your own snowflake or visit the snowflake gallery to download other’s snowflakes.
25 Nice Christmas Photoshop Tutorials and Brushes
A Nice List of Christmas Tutorials, Brushes, Clipart and Icons

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